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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

…rectorate-General for Health, the purpose of which is to contribute to epidemiological surveillance and health monitoring. This processing is implemented as part of a mission of public interest in acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-5

…following the automatic dissolution of a non-trading property company that has not been registered and which results in undivided ownership between the former partners gives rise to the collection of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-5

…prejudice to the information required by other legislative or regulatory provisions, the container and packaging of each unit of tattooing product placed on the market free of charge or against payme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obtaining a speciality by a court-appointed administrator already on the list referred to in article L. 811-2

Article R811-28-5

A director providing evidence of at least four years' professional practice in the speciality applied for, attested by a knowledge control examination, may have the mention of that speciality entered…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the régies (R).

Article R1617-5-1

…h the approval of the accounting officer. The temporary administrator is responsible for collection and payment operations under the same conditions as the permanent administrator.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-5

…In this case, the provisions of Article R. 761-12-2 only apply to the first part of the application and the prefect, when sending the installation proposal presented by the market manager to the appli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5-1

…pplicable, to supplement the documents provided. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the terms and conditions for the application of this article, in particular the list of information that must…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-3

The rights conferred by articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3 do not extend to acts performed with a view to creating or discovering and developing other plant varieties.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-1

As an exception to the provisions of Articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3, the sale or any other act of commercialisation of plant reproductive material by the patent holder, or with his consent, to a f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-2

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3, the sale or any other act of commercialisation of livestock or animal reproductive material by the patent holder, or with his c…

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